#C48D3B#C48D3B

#C48D3B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.118 H 74.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C48D3B
RGB	rgb(196, 141, 59)
HSL	hsl(36, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(36, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.1%, 69.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.60, 12.94, 50.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.60, 52.01, 75.60°)
OKLab	oklab(68.23% 0.0324 0.1134)
OKLCH	oklch(68.23% 0.118 74.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.0814, 31.1039, 8.3982)
Luminance	0.3110 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C48D3B #3B72C4

analogous

#C4483B #C48D3B #B7C43B

triadic

#C48D3B #3BC48D #8D3BC4

tetradic

#C48D3B #3BC448 #3B72C4 #C43BB7

square

#C48D3B #3BC448 #3B72C4 #C43BB7

split-complementary

#C48D3B #3BB7C4 #483BC4

monochromatic

#66491F #956B2D #C48D3B #D2A86A #E0C499

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#C48D3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.22

#C48D3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C48D3B

7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C48D3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C48D3B	1.00	2.91	7.22	7.22
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A19031

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9D3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D57F7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c48d3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 141, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.118 74.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daae75',
    500: '#c48d3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c48d3b;
$custom-light: #daae75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c48d3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.912,
    "s": 53.725,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6823,
    "c": 0.11797,
    "h": 74.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C48D3B

secondary

#8FA7CC

accent

#85DD4B

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C48D3B

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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